Syntactic complexity revisited: sensitivity of China’s AES-generated scores to syntactic measures, effects of discourse-mode and topic
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DOI: 10.1007/s11145-020-10087-5
Abstract: This study aims to explore to what extent syntactic complexity predicts holistic scores generated by China’s two prominent automated writing evaluation systems—pigai and iWrite, the results of which will have some implications for the validity… read more here.
Keywords: generated scores; discourse mode; syntactic complexity; syntactic measures ... See more keywords
Syntactic complexity in English as a lingua franca academic writing
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2019.100798
Abstract: Abstract This study complements previous research on linguistic features of English as a lingua franca (ELF) from a syntactic complexity perspective. Specifically, the present study seeks to find out how ELF users express meaning relations… read more here.
Keywords: english lingua; syntactic complexity; lingua franca; complexity ... See more keywords
The relationship between syntactic complexity and rhetorical move-steps in research article introductions: Variation among four social science and engineering disciplines
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2021.101006
Abstract: Abstract This study investigates disciplinary variation in the relationship between syntactic complexity and rhetorical move-steps in research article (RA) introductions. Our data consisted of the introduction sections of 400 published RAs in two core social… read more here.
Keywords: syntactic complexity; rhetorical move; variation; move steps ... See more keywords
Syntactic complexity in learner-generated research paper introductions: Rhetorical functions and level of move/step realization
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jeap.2021.101037
Abstract: Abstract This study explored the relationship between syntactic complexity and rhetorical functions and the relationship between syntactic complexity and level of move/step realization in learner-generated research paper introductions. We created a corpus of 79 introductions… read more here.
Keywords: syntactic complexity; level move; step realization; move step ... See more keywords
MEASURING LONGITUDINAL WRITING DEVELOPMENT USING INDICES OF SYNTACTIC COMPLEXITY AND SOPHISTICATION
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DOI: 10.1017/s0272263120000546
Abstract: Abstract Measures of syntactic complexity such as mean length of T-unit have been common measures of language proficiency in studies of second language acquisition. Despite the ubiquity and usefulness of such structure-based measures, they could… read more here.
Keywords: syntactic complexity; indices syntactic; development; complexity ... See more keywords
Growth in syntactic complexity between four years and adulthood: evidence from a narrative task.
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DOI: 10.1017/s0305000918000144
Abstract: Studies examining productive syntax have used varying elicitation methods and have tended to focus on either young children or adolescents/adults, so we lack an account of syntactic development throughout middle childhood. We describe here the… read more here.
Keywords: task; syntactic complexity; complexity; years adulthood ... See more keywords
Syntactic complexity across proficiency and languages: L2 and L1 writing in Dutch, Italian and Spanish
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DOI: 10.1111/ijal.12256
Abstract: This study explores to what extent syntactic complexity as assessed by four types of complexity measures may vary in written, argumentative texts of L2 learners (A2‐B1) and native writers of Dutch, Italian and Spanish. All… read more here.
Keywords: syntactic complexity; dutch italian; across proficiency; complexity ... See more keywords
Comparing predictors of sentence self-paced reading times: Syntactic complexity versus transitional probability metrics
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0254546
Abstract: When estimating the influence of sentence complexity on reading, researchers typically opt for one of two main approaches: Measuring syntactic complexity (SC) or transitional probability (TP). Comparisons of the predictive power of both approaches have… read more here.
Keywords: paced reading; reading times; self paced; syntactic complexity ... See more keywords
SECOND LANGUAGE TASK GRADING AND SYNTACTIC COMPLEXITY IN WRITING
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DOI: 10.18662/brain/06
Abstract: This study is motivated by Robinson’s Cognition Hypothesis and aims to investigate the impact of task grading along reasoning demands dimension on syntactic complexity in English as foreign language writing. The participants of the study… read more here.
Keywords: task; syntactic complexity; complexity; task grading ... See more keywords
The effects of genre on the syntactic complexity of argumentative and expository writing by Chinese EFL learners
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1047117
Abstract: Genre researchers have found that writing in different genres involves different cognitive task loads and requires different linguistic demands. Generally speaking, narratives involve the description of events with a focus on people and their actions… read more here.
Keywords: time; complexity argumentative; genre; syntactic complexity ... See more keywords
Marked distinctions in syntactic complexity: A case of second language university learners’ and native speakers’ syntactic constructions
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DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1048286
Abstract: Existing research on syntactic complexity tends to examine diversity and complexity embedded in grammatical employments which may well be witnessed in formulations of different syntactic structures. Conceivably, the subject syntactic complexity seems to be exercised… read more here.
Keywords: native speakers; learners native; japanese university; syntactic complexity ... See more keywords